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While researching the Philips Hue Android apps, I discovered that currently there is a single Hue app for Chrome. It's called Hueful and while it's fairly basic, it deserves a mention as (a) it's the only app on Chrome but (b) it shows that Chrome can support this kind of hardware-oriented app. Previously I would have discounted Chrome from being an
Last week, I had a first look at the Hue "Personal Wireless Lighting" kit from Philips. As I mentioned in the review, Philips has opened up the lighting system to developers via an API and this week, I'll take a look at some of the apps available, both from 3rd party developers. As you'd expect, they run the gamut from
Parents of small children may find it fun to make use of a Santa Tracker. Typically, the TV news will include updates on Santa's journey on Christmas Eve as part of their weather report. Now, you can check out two Santa Trackers right from your desktop. The Official NORAD Santa Tracker is from the North American Aerospace Defense Command. It
Perhaps unsurprisingly given Google's now somewhat defunct plans for GoogleTV, YouTube has been one of the glaring omissions from the Roku platform. But not any longer. Roku has announced that a YouTube channel is now available on the Roku 3 in USA, Canada, UK and the Republic of Ireland. Older Rokus will be getting the channel next year, though the exact timing
Last week I was at Ford for a press event. I got to talk directly to Ford CEO Alan Mulally (he was interested in my Google Glass). I didn't ask about the Microsoft offer because that was covered in the press bombardment earlier -- which he side-stepped the answer. But now, Microsoft is facing a new issue as a top
Kevin Ashton coined the phrase "The Internet of Things" back in 1999, but a decade later most of the on-line gadgets in my house are still recognisable as being technology. My fridge is still a fridge, my front door still needs a key and my house doesn't talk to me. That was the situation until a couple of weeks when
Rumors of a new Nexus 10 tablet began way back in June when Google released the new seven-inch version of the tablet. Subsequently, the current ten-inch model went out of stock in October, never to return and adding momentum to the rumor mill. We thought it may come with the Nexus 5, then there were stories of a November 22nd